Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet

Letter	Code word	Meaning
A	Aarne	male name
B	Bertta	female name
C	Celsius	Swedish scientist Anders Celsius
D	Daavid	male name
E	Eemeli	male name
F	Faarao	Finnish for 'pharaoh'
G	Gideon	biblical name
H	Heikki	male name
I	Iivari	male name
J	Jussi	male name
K	Kalle	male name
L	Lauri	male name
M	Matti	male name
N	Niilo	male name
O	Otto	male name
P	Paavo	male name
Q	kuu	Finnish name of the letter q, also Finnish for 'moon'
R	Risto	male name
S	Sakari	male name
T	Tyyne	female name
U	Urho	male name, also Finnish for 'hero'
V	Vihtori	male name
W	Viski	Finnish for whisky
X	äksä	Finnish name of the letter x
Y	Yrjö	male name
Z	zeta	Finnish name of the letter z
Å	Åke	Swedish male name
Ä	äiti	mother
Ö	öljy	oil

The Finnish Defence Forces switched over to the NATO phonetic alphabet in 2005, but the Finnish one is used for Å, Ä, Ö and digits.^[1] International operations use only the NATO alphabet.

On the Finnish rail network the Finnish Armed Forces spelling alphabet was used until May 31, 2020 and starting on July 1 the railways switched to NATO phonetic alphabet, but still retained Finnish spelling words for Å, Ä, Ö and numbers.^[2]

References

↑ Sotilaan käsikirja 2013 (PDF). Puolustusvoimat. 2013. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-25-2463-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
↑ "Rautatieliikenteen puheviestintä kansainvälistyy". Väylä.fi. Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-07-13.

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[1] Sotilaan käsikirja 2013 (PDF). Puolustusvoimat. 2013. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-25-2463-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-01-23.

[2] "Rautatieliikenteen puheviestintä kansainvälistyy". Väylä.fi. Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-07-13.

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